"First Formal" float, entered by Pasadena city schools in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1949

Item Overview

Title

"First Formal" float, entered by Pasadena city schools in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1949

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

January 1, 1949

Date

1949-01-01

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

This float is described in the article, "Rose Parade Floats Rich in Memories," Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 1949: A9.
Photograph of the "First Formal" float, entered by Pasadena city schools in the Tournament of Roses Parade (Pasadena Rose Parade). The float carries five young women wearing formal dresses and holding bouquets of flowers. One young woman waves to the crowds from her seat at the top of the float. Words spelled out in flowers around the float read: "First Party Formal" and "Pasadena Schools..." Throngs of spectators are captured seated and standing along a Pasadena street. Signs for businesses lining the street include: "Hardware," "Bank of America," "Save Way Drugs" [sign for this business also advertises Coca Cola], "Mobil gas," "...Wright Co." and "Real Estate."

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Pasadena Rose Parade, 1949?

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Tournament of Roses

Location

California--Pasadena

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena